Originally Posted by
Mesabah
The pay gap between mainline, and the regionals has widened over the last years so far, that regional pay could more than triple, and still be cost effective for management. Mainline pay is about 4% of revenue, regional pay is less than 1%, historically pilot pay has been 10%-15% of revenue.
Still won't happen. It's an entry level job and always has been. But as others have already mentioned, it's a contractual feed job so someone will always do it for less. You want 100k for a first year RJ FO, someone will do it for 90k. Then another for 80k. Rinse, repeat. There is no "unity" when you look at the collective airline pilot group. Individual groups? Yeah maybe. But as a collective? 0 unity, sell outs, do what's best for you and only you. An unfortunate byproduct of the seniority system. Get that number and get that number fast. The quicker the better. To that end, the regionals know it and take advantage.